ROYAL COMMISSION INTO
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE —PROGRESS REPORT
341. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the Leader of the House representing
the Minister for Child Protection:
I
refer to page 38 of the WA Government's A safer WA for children and
young people: 2020 Progress report, which, in reference to survivors
of child sexual abuse and young people with harmful sexual behaviours, states —
The Department of Communities is
leading the development of a framework which will guide and support the implementation of a new multi-agency, coordinated
approach to the design and delivery of a sustainable and effective therapeutic service system in Western
Australia. Consultation will occur in the first half of 2021.
(1) When did the consultation occur?
(2) When was the framework
finalised?
(3) Will the minister table the
framework?
(4) If no to (3), why not?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1)–(4) As
indicated in the 2020 Progress report, consultation to scope the project
for therapeutic service system reform
occurred in early 2021. Key components of this reform are developing a framework
for understanding and guiding
responses to harmful sexual behaviours in children and young people, undertaking
a jurisdictional scan of harmful
sexual behaviour intervention models operating in other states and territories,
and conducting an analysis of available data about community need.
Extensive consultation occurred in the second half of 2021 to inform this body of work. The harmful sexual behaviour
framework will be tabled when finalised in the second quarter of 2022.